PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tangerine Dream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Be Aggresive by Faith No More. Dream is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by One Night In Space . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Saint
vs
Dream

188 cm
37
190 lbs
34 - 21 - 0

188 cm
39
194 lbs
22 - 8 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tangerine Dream!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint swats away the attempt to clinch by Dream.
Saint avoids the head kick by Dream.
Dream swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Saint counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dream wants to stand and escape but Saint is having none of it.
Saint forces his way into half guard.
Saint is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Saint not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saint working Dream over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dream blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saint.
Saint not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dream is trying to stand.
Dream is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint lands with a punch from half guard.
Dream is trying to stand up here but Saint is controlling him well.
Dream is refusing to be controlled, as Saint sits in half guard.
Dream avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint.
Saint slows the pace down in half guard.
Saint thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dream avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tangerine Dream is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dream throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dream scores with a leg kick.
Dream looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Dream misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.

Dream has Saint up against the cage in a clinch.

Dream escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saint throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dream will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saint throws a right hand that Dream ducks under and follows up with a left that Dream also avoids with ease.
Dream keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saint.

Saint shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Saint's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Saint throws a strike but Dream avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Saint throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dream works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Saint trying to control but Dream is working from the bottom.
Saint loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Saint prevents Dream from getting back to his feet.
Saint postures up in Dream's guard and throws a big left but Dream blocks it.
Saint engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saint throws a leg kick but Dream moved away.
Saint avoids the body shot from Dream.
Dream swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Saint counter with a right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dream. That's going to slow Saint down.
Saint avoids the body shot from Dream.
Dream pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Dream is just out of range.
Dream throws a looping overhand right but Saint ducks down to avoid it.
Dream uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saint connects with a right hand. Dream shakes it off.
Dream misses with an uppercut
and Saint counters with a straight right hand.
Dream darts in trying to clinch

and Saint counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Saint dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dream scores with the left hand. Saint knows he should have avoided that one.
Dream misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.
Dream throws a lazy uppercut

and Saint counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dream won't be happy with that.
Saint misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dream pushes Saint away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Saint gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dream parries the strikes from Saint easily there. Saint is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dream to escape.
Saint postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Saint looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dream is avoiding damage well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Saint thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Saint scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dream to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dream to see if he's OK.
Dream is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Saint asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Saint looks up at the clock and then as Dream takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Saint smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dream takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Saint landing strikes.
Saint moves into full mount!
Dream squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint working Dream over with strikes here.
Saint won't let Dream get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint punching from mount but Dream doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Saint is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dream can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Saint throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dream because Saint loaded up on that one.
Saint lands a couple of good shots and Dream has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Dream. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Saint lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Saint.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint missing with strikes.
Saint lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dream is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Saint.
Saint lands strikes to the head.
Saint is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dream can do to turn this around?
Dream is taking damage to the body and head.
Saint tries to keep control of the position but Dream is staying busy.
Saint throwing wild punches that miss their target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dream is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Saint struggling to land strikes to the head as Dream covers up.
Dream covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Dream has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Saint.
Saint punches the canvas rather than the man.
Saint really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Dream.
Dream staying busy and making it hard for Saint to control.
Saint struggling to land strikes to the head as Dream covers up.
Saint tries to keep control of the position but Dream is staying busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Saint dominated that second round.
That's time! Saint's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dream stuns Saint with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saint. That's going to slow Dream down.
Dream lands a jab to the nose.
Saint scores with a sloppy right hand. Dream should have avoided that one.
Dream cracks Saint with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Saint takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dream throws a lazy right hand but Saint sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dream tries to bum rush Saint with a series of wild strikes but Saint uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Dream has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dream throws an elbow but it misses.
Dream is pressed up against the cage. Saint has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dream down to the mat. Dream avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dream.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Dream. Beautiful body shot.

Saint drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dream prevents Saint from improving position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint is putting a hurting on Dream here, landing some big shots from side control.
Saint prevents Dream from escaping the position.
Saint tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kain Saint overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saint wants to control but Dream is keeping him busy.
Saint is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dream is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dream is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Saint has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Tangerine Dream has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Saint scoring with punches from side control.
Saint cracks Dream with a big elbow.
Saint is putting a hurting on Dream here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dream stops Saint from passing to mount.
Saint wants to control but Dream is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dream managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saint.
Sloppy strikes there by Saint.
Saint throwing strikes but Dream manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Saint is looking to regain half guard here but Dream keeps moving and retains side control.
Saint gets back to half guard.
Dream lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dream prevents Saint from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dream blocks the strikes from Saint.
Saint wants to improve his position but Dream is controlling well.

Saint actively working from the bottom here.
Dream throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Saint wants to get back to his feet.
Dream trying to control the action but Saint is working from the bottom.

Saint looking for submissions off his back.
Kain Saint is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saint trying to control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tangerine Dream.
I think Saint has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kain Saint!
An intense looking Kain Saint took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'MICHAEL STREET where you at my man? lets fight!'.